As the UN Security Council holds
a belated session about Cameroon, albeit an informal one with no expected
outcome and notably not co-sponsored by veto holding colonial power France,
hypocrisy and cover up of the UN’s failure are evident.

The head of the UN, Antonio
Guterres, took a golden statue from Paul Biya in his last interaction, and cut
a deal of silence for Biya’s support in the UN Budget Committee which Biya’s
Ambassador Tommo Monthe chaired.

The UK’s Liam Fox bragged about
UK-based New Age’s hydro carbons deal with Biya, just as another example.
Sycophant media which ignored than dismissed the killings now mechanically
mis-report this “Arria formula” meeting, essentially to rehabilitate
the remaining credibility of the UN and themselves, like Human Rights Watch
which told Inner City Press Cameroon was not a top 90 problem to be included in
HRW’s 2018 World Report.

Don’t believe the hype. In 2009, for example, after the UNSC belatedly
held such sessions on Sri Lanka, the lack of outcome emboldened the Rajapaksas
to go ahead and “finish off” the Tamils in what’s called the
Bloodbath on the Beach. The UN system has not held anyone accountable; Guterres
representative Singer was smiling with Mahinda Rajapaka this year. The only
thing missing was a golden statute.

Will what Guterres accepted from
Biya be seen, or even mentioned, in the May 13 meeting that Inner City Press
for reporting on it cannot even enter to cover in person, banned from entering
the UN for the 313th day by Guterres, with similar inaction by the UNSC
members?

After Paul Biya who has ruled
Cameroon for 36 years on January 28 had his opponent Maurice Kamto arrested,
Inner City Press again asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his
spokesmen for their comment and action, if any. This came after Guterres had
Inner City Press roughed up on 3 July 2018 after it interviewed Biya’s
Ambassador about the two men’s Budget Committee deals and banned from the UN
since – Guterres even tried to get Inner City Press banned from the Park East
Synagogue, here, which was denied / dodged by his spokesman Stephane Dujarric,
who put up then took down a podcast in which he brags about his “mutually
assured destruction” relationship with journalists, here.

Nor has Inner City Press’
September 2018 Freedom of Information Act request, here, been responded to.
From the request: “On behalf of Inner City Press and in my personal capacity
as its United Nations bureau chief, Matthew Russell Lee, this is a request
pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 for the
following information: 1) most pressingly, for the report on human rights abuse
by the Cameroon military and of the US’ knowledge thereof, on information and
belief headed by Brig. Gen. Timothy McAteer and concluded in November 2017; 2)
any and all other records in your possession concerning abuses by the Cameroon
security forces, including but not limited to in the North-West and South-West
regions, from January 1, 2017 to the date of your response to this
request. This request, particularly (1)
above which can and should be treated separately, should be afforded expedited
treatment. Inner City Press is reporting on abuses in Cameroon, including with
the knowledge of the US – and why there has been no UN Security Council meeting
on Cameroon. The US is for this month the president of the US Security Council
and this request should be fully responded to in that time frame, including any
necessary appeal.” Not a single
document yet.We will have more on this.